premium piano courses
Discover our suite of premium courses for pianists of all levels.
Learn to play the piano freely, without being tied down by sheet music.
Step-by-step 2-minute lessons designed for busy adults.
Develop creative piano skills and learn to flow confidently across the keys.
Say goodbye to impersonal training – you’ll learn from one dedicated teacher who cares about your progress.
Distilled lessons with potent content, following a 'goldilocks' approach to music theory.
Premium courses written, presented & produced by founder, Ruth Power (BMus).
Experience the Piano Picnic difference:
We guarantee engaging courses with the perfect balance of knowledge and enjoyment with a teacher who truly cares about your progress.
Premium courses in recommended order:
Super Basics
Are you ready to learn to play piano? My fast, easy, online tutorials teach you the essentials to play piano, without the fuss. Start playing today!
You don’t need all the complicated stuff that leaves your head spinning. What you need is someone to guide you through your piano learning step-by-step!
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Songs By Ear
Teach yourself the songs you love on the piano, just by listening!
Learn my proven 10-step method to identify the notes you hear and decipher songs easily so that you can teach yourself your favourite songs without having to pay for, or read sheet music!
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Lovin’ Leadsheets!
Master the process of learning piano songs from a leadsheet!
A leadsheet is a short-hand version of sheet music, learning to interpret them means a quicker, easier way to learn songs and make a creative piano arrangement of your own!
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Become a Riffing Pro!
A self-paced online course that teaches the skills of piano riffing, one bite-size lesson at a time.
Riffing Pro will teach you what a riff is, when you’ll need one PLUS the 8 different categories of riffing and how to use them + a done-for-you Riff Bank of genre-specific riffs including: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock & Church!
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Ear-telligence
An ear training course crafted especially for pianists.
Ear training (or more accurately ‘brain-training’) gets our brain to filter the details in music we hear through what we’ve heard before - when we recognise a pattern, we can more easily translate it to our instrument.
Accelerate song learning by harnessing your ear-brain connection!
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Peaceful Piano Improvising at Home
Unlock your ability to play freely, creatively and peacefully at home to relieve stress & tension.
Two live-filmed coaching sessions will deliver the technique and skills you need to improvise freely at home in the style of Yiruma, Einaudi, and more.
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The Keys to Songwriting
The tools to build a strong song on piano. In this course, you’ll be guided through the full process of writing a song from scratch!
You’ll learn the tools industry leading songwriters use to create ‘strong songs’.
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Yoga for Pianists
This is yoga designed especially for the bodies of pianists! Integrate these routines into your practice sessions and enjoy accumulative benefits in the long term including greater range of movement, prevention of pain, improved posture & mental rest.
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Get the full picnic!
Join The Creative Pianist membership for a small subscription fee and you’ll get access to ALL of these courses PLUS much, much more training, live coaching replays and mini-courses! + Our full support suite & personalised piano plan!
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